Mereitt gally



(No Model.)

M. GALLY.

ORGAN REED. No. 326,638. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

A A a Ill MERRITI GALLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ORGAN-REED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,638, dated September 22,1885.

Application filed June 3, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MERRITT GALLY, residing at New York city, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Organ-Reeds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the reed, showing two forms of the vibrating plate. Fig. 2 is a plan and a sectional view of the reed-block, and Fig. 3is a side view of the reed.

The object of my invention is to produce, with a comparatively light air-pressure, by means of a peculiarlyconstructed musical reed,a full body tone, fundamental in character and pure in quality. Such a tone is to some extent produced by means of ordinary straighttongued reeds,the tongues being made of unusual width. The width of the tongues,

however, can be increased only to a limited extent. If much increased,the spring portion of the tongue becomes so thin in bringing the tongue to "pitch in tuning that it is flabby and useless. To produce the desired result without this limitation,I make the slot in the reed-block A in the ordinary manner, and the spring portion of the reed-tongue a of ordinary width. Iattach thisspringtongue to the reed-block at one end, and attach to the other end of said tongue,or form of the same piece of metal, a broad plate, which is to vibrate in a correspondingly-shaped broad opening in the reed-block. The shape of this plate is preferably quadrilateral or circular, as these forms are most easily fitted to the opening in the block in the process of tuning and voicing.

The circular opening can be quickly and ac curately brought to size by the use of a rea-mer, or the quadrilateral plate quickly filed to size to fit its opening in the block.

The extensive surface of the large vibrating reed peculiarly sensitive plate B B makes this l l l to the air under light pressure, and the plate being regular in form and vibrating entirely through the block secures the fundamental tone.

The value of this reed is that it may not only be used in a special set, but that it may be used for filling in or increasing'the general tone of an organ or set of instruments without materially affecting or changing the tone of any one or set of characteristic stops.

Reeds having a flaring tongue or a tongue having a number of forks or prongs produce to a greater or less extent an increased bodytoue; but having apeculiar characteristic quality of their own cannot be used with combinations of other reeds without changing their characteristic quality.

The circular-formed reed-tongue has a dif ferent tone from any other with which I am acquainted, due, as l suppose, to its concentricity of body and freedom from angles.

I am aware that a reed has been described wherein a reed-block had a wide opening and a narrow slot therefrom, and a tongue corresponding thereto had a slot through its broad portion and another tongue therein. Such I do not claim.

\Vhat I claim is l. A reed block having a broad opening therethrough and a narrow slot leading from the broad one, combined with a single tongue corresponding in form throughout its vibrating part to the opening and slot in the plate.

2. In combination with a reed-block having a circular aperature and a slot leading from said opening, a tongue in a single piece, conforming in outline to the openingin the block, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MERRITT GALLY.

Vitnesses:

GEo. H. WAITE, ANNA M. WVArrE. 

